The greenhouse is just about ready for the first seeding of our 2010 crops! Celery root, leeks and onions are the first - followed by the slow-growing herbs of oregano and savory. Like Mat and I, our young children love spending time in the greenhouse: warm and bright even on a cloudy days, and the wonderful smells of soil and...
Winter - the snow (and ice) covered fields lay before me as I gaze out the window on this sunny day. The white so clean and refreshing; winter so restful and beautiful. Since the last CSA delivery, things have slowed down and given our family time to relax and play together. While washing and packing continue a few...
With the gush of summer crop harvests now over, we're able to catch our breath and catch you up on farm news!
Amid the mountains of tomatoes, pyramids of zucchini's, bins of sweet corn and green beans, the "Buy Local" theme we've all been hearing about brought a film crew to the farm in August. Public schools and...
It's the time of the season when we work from early morning to late at night. We remind ourselves that we'll sleep in December. Some days, we feel our most precious farm tool is the baby monitor, so we can keep packing tomatoes and broccoli, trimming onions, and counting cucumbers while the kids sleep.
But amid all the work in the...
Sorry to have taken so long to give you an update on what is happening on the farm. We seem to have found our selves a little short on time these days for things such as web postings. Partially due to the preparation for the garlic harvest party- there is nothing like a party to get one motivated to clean...
Summary: In general the farm, fields and crops have never looked so good. We hired a crew of professional weeders to come as needed to keep the weeds at bay. It is expensive, but so far it looks like it will be a good investment. Not only are we drawing down the soil seed bank, but it makes...
Balance is a quest for which we continually strive. We hope this is evident in the produce we provide - but also in our daily lives. This last weekend was Art on the Square, which means for us there was no farmers market. We decided that after we did the Madison July beef delivery, that we'd make it a weekend...
Cool and dry.
This week is an incredible temperature shift from last week's high-nineties! Crew members were decked out in pants and sweatshirts on Monday's cloudy, breezy afternoon. While the temperatures have made it more seasonal to be harvesting peas, we're all still recovering from last weeks long hot sticky hours! But the heat did take a tole on some of...
While we're loving the warmer temperatures after the rain last week (1.5" + some), it sure is hot and steamy! Hot weather means that we are scrambling to harvest crops that are maturing quicker than we'd planned, and to get them harvested before they melt under the sun. Ugh! Our loyal harvest crew stuck out the hot, humid Monday harvest...
74-degrees as the last of daylight slips away...and the June Bugs hum against the window...
It's been a busy Monday - the first CSA box harvest is well underway. Our crew came prepared to work hard and we got more accomplished than expected (always a great thing!). Things are growing well despite the early dry conditions. We're loving the seasonal temperatures...
